Refactor the floating ref hack into a new function

[empathy.git] / libempathy-gtk / empathy-ui-utils.c

diff --git a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-ui-utils.c b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-ui-utils.c
index a1f4a6bfc8ba2d2bc3154521460045c0d24100f3..aa34928998e4feac39d6dcd23127a49e47be6e54 100644 (file)
--- a/libempathy-gtk/empathy-ui-utils.c
+++ b/libempathy-gtk/empathy-ui-utils.c
@@ -166,6 +166,23 @@ empathy_builder_connect (GtkBuilder *gui,
        va_end (args);
 }
 
+GtkWidget *
+empathy_builder_unref_and_keep_widget (GtkBuilder *gui,
+                                      GtkWidget  *widget)
+{
+       /* On construction gui sinks the initial reference to widget. When gui
+        * is finalized it will drop its ref to widget. We take our own ref to
+        * prevent widget being finalised. The widget is forced to have a
+        * floating reference, like when it was initially unowned so that it can
+        * be used like any other GtkWidget. */
+
+       g_object_ref (widget);
+       g_object_force_floating (G_OBJECT (widget));
+       g_object_unref (gui);
+
+       return widget;
+}
+
 const gchar *
 empathy_icon_name_from_account (McAccount *account)
 {